Posts tagged with "Ryo Hirakawa"

September 9th, 2019145
Nick Cassidy and co-driver Ryo Hirakawa have savaged an unlikely podium at the latest round of the Super GT Series at the Autopolis in Japan. Having qualified in seventh, the #37 KeePer TOM's LC500 spent most of the race in the top ten.
Having pitted on lap 30/55, Cassidy swapped places with Hirakawa who continued to maintain their...

May 27th, 2019353
Nick Cassidy and co-driver Ryo Hirakawa have finished second in the latest AUTOBACS Super GT Series race held at Suzuka over the weekend. The TOM'S #37 LC500 finished behind it's #36 sister car (Kazuki Nakajima/Yuhi Sekiguchi - pictured above) which started from pole position to take its first win of the season.
After three of...

May 6th, 2019196
The FUJI GT 500km round 2 of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place at Fuji Speedway on Saturday. After a strong thunderstorm forced a halt to the race in the early going, the weather improved to allow a great race to unfold.
In the GT500 class race, the No. 38 ZENT CERUMO LC500 (Yuji Tachikawa/Hiroaki Ishiura) took the race...

May 4th, 2019204
Nick Cassidy and team mate Ryo Hirakawa have qualified on the front row of the grid at the second round of the Super GT Series at Fuji Speedway in Japan.
Driving the #37 KeePer TOM'S LC500, Hirakawa set the second fastest time behind the # 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R of Tsugio Matsuda/Ronnie Quintarelli.
The race gets underway this...

April 15th, 2019323The opening round of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, the Okayama GT 300 Km, took place at the Okayama International Circuit yesterday with the race held in tough conditions due to heavy rain. This saw the racing stopped twice, and with no improvement expected in the weather, the race was finally concluded after just 31 laps.
As a...

April 14th, 2019221KeePer TOM's Lexus LC500 drivers Nick Cassidy and Ryo Hirakawa will start from seventh on the grid at the opening round of the 2019 Super GT Series in Japan.
Pole position for the Okyama GT 300km race went to the No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Nissan) driven by Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli. Nissan locked out the front row with the...

November 12th, 2018549For the second time in a fortnight Nick Cassidy has had to swallow the bitter pill of finishing runner-up in both of Japan’s premier motor racing series.
With co-driver Ryo Hirakawa the pair’s Lexus LC500 finished just 1.5 seconds behind 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jensen Button and his co-driver Yamamoto Naoki.
The two...

November 9th, 2018362Nick Cassidy lines up with co-driver Ryo Hirakawa in the Super GT Series grid for the final race on Sunday with a chance of winning the overall title for the second time.
The pairing won the title last season and head to the final round at the Twin ring Motegi in Japan tied in the lead with Naoki Yamamoto/Jenson Button.
Cassidy...

October 22nd, 2018662Nick Cassidy and co-driver Ryo Hirakawa have won their first race of the 2018 Autobacs SUPER GT Series and now lead the series on equal points with the Honda pairing of Jenson Button and Naoki Yamamoto.
“We can say that this has been a good season for us," commented Cassidy. "I am grateful to the team and Lexus for preparing a great...

September 16th, 2018494Ex F1 world champion Jenson Button has won his maiden Super GT Series race at Sugo Sportsland in Japan and now with co-driver Naoki Yamamoto take the lead of the championship with two races remaining.
Kiwi Nick Cassidy and co-driver Ryo Hirakawa went into the round with the lead but also with extra weight penalties. Having qualified...

September 14th, 2018357In Japan last weekend Nick Cassidy increased his lead in the Super Formula single seater series with one round left in the season. He also leads the Autobacs Super GT Series and looks to to increase this with just three races left on the 2018 calendar.
Heading to Sportsland SUGO in Japan, Cassidy and co-driver Ryo Hirakwa (No.1...

August 20th, 2018767A podium for Nick Cassidy at the latest round of the Super Formula Series has seen the Kiwi now take the overall lead on the points table. Cassidy finished third to reigning series champion Hiroaki Ishiura who scored his first win of the season and fifth career win ahead of Ryō Hirakawa at the Twin Ring Motegi.
Celebrating his...

August 6th, 2018436Finishing second in the Fuji 500, the longest race of the season, has propelled the No. 1 KeePer TOM’S LC500 of Ryo Hirakawa/Nick Cassidy into the lead of the Autobacs SUPER GT Series. It is the third podium of the season for the pairing giving them a seven- point lead over the round winners, the No. 36 au TOM’S LC500 of Kazuki...

August 3rd, 2018334The No 1 KeePer TOM’S LC500 drivers Nick Cassidy and Ryo Hirakawa compete in the fifth round of the Japanese Super GT this weekend at the Fuji 500 mile race.
After finishing eighth at the last round in Thailand, the pair have slipped to fourth place overall in the points standing. It was the No. 39 DENSO KOBELCO SARD LC500 driven...